Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Mercosur

Age dependency ratio in Mercosur in 2025 — 46.4 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.6%.

2025 46.4 per 100 +0.16% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 82 per 1001963
Period minimum 46.3 per 1002023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Mercosur, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.9 per 1001962: 81.8 per 1001964: 82 per 1001966: 81.4 per 1001968: 80.2 per 1001970: 78.5 per 1001972: 76.8 per 1001974: 75.1 per 1001976: 73.4 per 1001978: 72 per 1001980: 70.8 per 1001982: 70 per 1001984: 69.3 per 1001986: 68.5 per 1001988: 67.5 per 1001990: 66.1 per 1001992: 64.4 per 1001994: 62.5 per 1001996: 60.5 per 1001998: 58.5 per 1002000: 56.5 per 1002002: 54.6 per 1002004: 52.8 per 1002006: 51.2 per 1002008: 49.9 per 1002010: 48.8 per 1002012: 47.8 per 1002014: 47 per 1002016: 46.7 per 1002018: 46.6 per 1002020: 46.5 per 1002022: 46.3 per 1002024: 46.3 per 1002025: 46.4 per 100
Change over the period: −34.5 (−42.64%) Average annual rate: -0.85 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur

Mercosur 46.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 46.4 +0.1 +0.16%
2024 46.3 +0.1 +0.12%
2023 46.3 −0 −0%
2022 46.3 −0.1 −0.16%
2021 46.3 −0.1 −0.3%
2020 46.5 −0.1 −0.21%
2019 46.6 +0 +0.02%
2018 46.6 −0 −0.01%
2017 46.6 −0.1 −0.21%
2016 46.7 −0.2 −0.33%
2015 46.8 −0.2 −0.45%
2014 47 −0.3 −0.69%
2013 47.4 −0.4 −0.89%
2012 47.8 −0.5 −0.98%
2011 48.3 −0.5 −1.05%
2010 48.8 −0.6 −1.13%
2009 49.3 −0.6 −1.2%
2008 49.9 −0.6 −1.27%
2007 50.6 −0.7 −1.33%
2006 51.2 −0.7 −1.4%
2005 52 −0.8 −1.5%
2004 52.8 −0.9 −1.62%
2003 53.6 −0.9 −1.69%
2002 54.6 −0.9 −1.7%
2001 55.5 −1 −1.72%
2000 56.5 −1 −1.72%
1999 57.5 −1 −1.72%
1998 58.5 −1 −1.71%
1997 59.5 −1 −1.68%
1996 60.5 −1 −1.65%
1995 61.5 −1 −1.59%
1994 62.5 −1 −1.53%
1993 63.5 −1 −1.48%
1992 64.4 −0.9 −1.37%
1991 65.3 −0.8 −1.21%
1990 66.1 −0.7 −1.07%
1989 66.8 −0.6 −0.94%
1988 67.5 −0.6 −0.84%
1987 68 −0.5 −0.72%
1986 68.5 −0.4 −0.62%
1985 68.9 −0.4 −0.55%
1984 69.3 −0.3 −0.49%
1983 69.7 −0.3 −0.47%
1982 70 −0.4 −0.52%
1981 70.4 −0.4 −0.63%
1980 70.8 −0.5 −0.76%
1979 71.4 −0.6 −0.88%
1978 72 −0.7 −0.96%
1977 72.7 −0.7 −1.02%
1976 73.4 −0.8 −1.08%
1975 74.2 −0.9 −1.14%
1974 75.1 −0.9 −1.15%
1973 76 −0.9 −1.13%
1972 76.8 −0.9 −1.11%
1971 77.7 −0.8 −1.08%
1970 78.5 −0.8 −1.05%
1969 79.4 −0.8 −0.98%
1968 80.2 −0.7 −0.85%
1967 80.8 −0.5 −0.67%
1966 81.4 −0.4 −0.47%
1965 81.8 −0.2 −0.28%
1964 82 −0 −0.02%
1963 82 +0.2 +0.28%
1962 81.8 +0.4 +0.49%
1961 81.4 +0.5 +0.64%
1960 80.9

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.